Jameel Gray, M.A.

Jameel Gray has five years of correctional experience working for the Illinois Department of Corrections as a Correctional Case Manager at a community correctional center. His most recent position involves working for the federally funded "Project Safe Neighborhoods" as a coordinator. Prior to these positions he was a graduate teaching assistant and youth care worker while attending graduate school. While a graduate student at the Center for the Study of Crime and Delinquency at Southern Illinois University, he conducted research examining correlations between procedural justice and legitimacy on inmate satisfaction and compliance.

Education B.A. University of Illinois at Chicago
M.A. Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Areas of Specialization Correctional socialization and culture
Social control theory
Using distributive and procedural justice models to examine compliance (deterrence)

Courses Taught Correctional Services
Criminology
Research Methods

Other Interests Married to Utica Gray (two kids: Inaya and Jayvyn)
Photography
Video games
Poetry